1. These Regulations may be cited as the HGV Speed Limit (M9/A9 Trunk Road) Regulations 2014 and come into force 7 days after the day on which they are made.
2. In Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (speed limits for vehicles of certain classes)(1), in Part I after the Table insert—
“For a vehicle falling within class 5(2)(b) above, the maximum speed while the vehicle is being driven on a part of the M9/A9 Trunk Road specified in the Schedule to the HGV Speed Limit (M9/A9 Trunk Road) Regulations 2014 is 50 miles per hour (rather than 40 miles per hour as specified in column 3(c) of the Table above).”.
3. The Schedule to these Regulations specifies the parts of the M9/A9 Trunk Road referred to in Part I of Schedule 6 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
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